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Flash sale (of light): Lightspress Toolkits have GM wisdom on offer
There’s a flash sale and the invitation to illuminate the blog with the rosy glow of puns as Berin Kinsman’s Lightpress Toolkits come to the Bundle of Holding. The short-lived bundle, just seven days, as system-neutral RPG tips, thoughts and wisdom in “lo-fi” PDFs. Lightspress Collection – $12.95 The retail value on offer is a […]
Dogs with jobs: Were-Woofs! is a ZineQuest success for Leyline Press
One player takes on the role of the Games Master who runs the game and everyone else plays as different dogs with jobs.
ZineQuest and Eric Garneau mash Ritchie Blackmore’s power metal with D&D
Maidson’s Eric Garneau has taken inspiration from the seminal power metal of Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow (later of Blackmore’s Night) with D&D. T
Critical Role’s Clue partnership will plant trees (and prevent a crime)
Solve the mystery before the festival ends to save one of your own from meeting their fate!
Lo! Thy Dread Empire goes grimdark and anti-capitalist as a ZineQuest wargame
With the start of Gen Con, we’ve the rescheduled ZineQuest and the expected wave of fantastic light-weight RPGs. Tanya Floaker’s latest isn’t just a RPG; it’s a wargame too.
Empty Cycle: School drama, teen angst and giant robots RPG
Empty Cycle is inspired by anime like FLCL and Kill la Kill, which means school, emotional discovery and invading alien robots on your lunch break.
DriveThruRPG kicks off the first PocketQuest to celebrate small publishers and rules-lite games
This is the first games jam of DriveThruRPG, and their community of publishers have been working on summer camp-themed and “pocket-sized” RPGs.
Sci-fi tabletop RPG Stillfleet launches into success on Kickstarter
You can get the Stillfleet quickstart rules for however much money you want to pay. That’s not the usual capitalist way of doing things, but it’s not uncommon in indie RPGs.
Catalyst Game Labs goes to BattleTech Total War with a Bundle
Destiny is the 2020 edition of the MechWarrior RPG, which adapts the Cue System first seen in Shadowrun: Anarchy. The RPG, I’m told, integrates into the board game rules found in Total Warfare and its Operations handbooks.
